Quincy (CA 71) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1952 volume:

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Her initial training completed, the Quincy at once set sail to take part in the greatest naval maneuver yet planned or dreamed of. She stopped in Bangor, Ireland, where General Eisenhower inspected the ship and spoke to her crew. Preparations were even then being made amid a hush of ofiicial secrecy for the mighty Normandy invasiong on 6 June 1944 the quiet French coast exploded in fire and blood. In 36 hours the Quincy had emptied her 4-'3f.Tfv'1f1?:S:I11!f'ft1: m '' :t':'::vm-rr? :L Ai .:r. magazines. She raced back to England, rearmed, and within 30 hours of the time her last shell was fired she again was raining death on the defending Germans. For fifteen days the Quincy stuck at her task, firing by day and watching by 'night until the last target had been captured or destroyed. Army spotters signalled their congratulations to the Quincy on highly accurate pinpoint firing... even against small concentrations of tanks, troops, and trucks inland . . The historic bombardment completed, there was time only to provision and rearm before she was called to her next mission. The mighty naval fortress of Cherbourg threatened advancing Allied armies. The Quincy, along with a small force of British and American ships, steamed on the morning of 25 June under the very muzzles of the massed German shore- based batteries. For seven hours she blasted at harbor defenses, and for seven hours enemy shells came hurtling back. But finally the last gun was silenced. Victorious troops had only to sweep up the remains, of what a day before had seemed an impregnable citadel. That evening Cherbourg was ours. ' This time the crew had two weeks to prepare before sailing off to the Mediterranean. An opening assault on the southern coast of France was being planned. Gun crews drilled, and the ship was keyed to readinessg on 15 August the attack began. For twelve days the battle-hardened Quincy dodged vicious counter-battery fire to rain explosives on every target the Army designated, staying until the last resistance crumbled and the battle was carried beyond the range of her guns. Then, another battle won, she returned to Boston. Her berth was soon shifted to Newport News, where on 23 .January 1945 a new chapter in the 1: -,, qi , history of the world began. Under cover of an elaborate military guard and shrouded in official ,' secrecy, President Roosevelt, Justice Byrnes, Fleet Admiral Leahy, and a star-studded presidential retinue were brought en board Their nnrevealed destination: Yalta, then an unknown middle- eastern dustbowl but soon to he a diplomatic hyword. The ship at once slipped her moorings and headed cautiously out to sea. Three destroyers and a tireless air escort kept constant guard as she sped across the Atlantic. Her first stop - after celebrating the President's 63rd birthday on board - was Malta, where Prime Minister Churchill awaited the Quincy's arrival and exchanged salutes as she entered. It was a day of official calls. The list of visitors was impressive: U. S. Secretary of State Stettiniusg Britain s Anthony Edenq Harry Hopkinsg Govemor General of Maltag Admiral of the Fleet Cunningham: General of the Army George C. Marshallg Fleet Admiral Ernest J. Kingg Admiral Harold Stark: Vice Admiral Henry K. Hewittg Prime Minister Winston Churchillg Sarah U. S. Ambassador to Russiag General Sir Henry Maitland Wilsong General Sir Hastings lsmayg Major Gcneral Jacobsgg Air Chief Marshall Alan Brooke. But the President had other work to do. He went on to Yalta by plane, and held his fateful meetings with Churchill and Stalin. 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Averill Harriman, Portal: and Field Marshall Sir Quincy steamed to Great Bitter When the President again was embarked,His Majesty King Farouk I of Egypt., His Majesty Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, and His Majesty Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman al Faisal al. Saud, King of Arabia, all Were officially received. The President then ordered the ship to return, and on 27 February his entire party disembarked at Newport News. Six days later the Quincy would head for the Pacific. The first part of the Pacific cruise was spent in warding off the attacks of marauding planes, and in battling through the same typhoon that cost her sister ship Pittsburg her how. lu her first change of command ceremony, Captain J. A. Waters, U.S.N., relieved Captain Senn. But the Japanese homeland was soon, for the first time in history, to be bombarded from the sea, and when the chosen units of the force were gathered together the Ouinc answered Present The steel city of Kamaishi, 240 miles from Tokyo, was chosen as a target Bombardment Unit 34.8.1 moved up to the y . . enemy shore on 14 July, 1945. The mighty roar of guns thundered across a still Oriental moming, and with its opening shot the Quincy - who had fired the first salvo at the Normandy beach -- became also the first ship to have shelled both Fortress Europe and Fortress Japan. 'Within four hours the city was in flames. On 29 July Hamamatsu fell under punishment of the Quincy's guns, and later the remains of Kamaishi again were blasted. On 15 August Japan surrendered. And on 27 August the Quincy, steaming with the first units of the American fleet, moved into Tokyo Bay. For three months the Quincy was a part of the Japanese occupation force. On 26 November 1945 she started back across the Pacific. Decommis- sioning was begun in San Franciscog and on 15 August 1946, a pround tired ship was officially placed out of commission at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. It had been written: Somewhere in the states the Quincy will find a quiet berth to await recall to active duty. , The berth was found. Five years later, the call would come. INTRODUCTIONs Well? ' 4 The cruise is over. We came, we saw, we went. Any book pretending to record a ship's cruise must fail. The measure of its failure is the extent to which it loses the theme of that cruise. And yet who is there to whom that theme has not, in some way, a different meaning from what it has to the closest of his shipmates? Who is there who has not been left with some -special memory, some sense or feeling, or some discovery, that is his and his alone? These immediately personal impressions will be the pages between the pages.'E'ach of us has seen, and, seeing, has learned and remembered. The phonograph catches only the sound of things, and the camera sees but the form and the color, neither feels the gentle brush of an Adriatic breeze or absorbs the warmt of the Mediterranean sung nor can it sense the crashing cacophony of the Apennines towering over olive-studded slopes, or know the human beat of discovery as new cities unfold, and new lives are revealed. The spirit and the 'sense and the spark of life - this, that no science can record, is the meat and the substance of human recollection. It cannot be found in books and pictures. Nor can it be put there. It has to be known and seen and felt. We, who have known and seen and felt all this, may occasionally stretch out on the Quincy's wooden deck, with a battle-gray turret massed above and the ocean slipping silently by for mile after uncounted mile -- this on one of those meteorological holidays when the infinite sea seems lost in sleep, and the mind turns itself to idle imaginings - and ponder whimsically on what our lives would have been like if we had never been there. What would have filled those spots in our memory that now ring with the clatter of Glasgow traffic, or echo the refrain ofa Neapolitan song? But, ponder as we will, we ponder in vain. Our past is with us. Indubitably and irrevocably, we were there. N fi . ,,:E'i' T elle oft if ,Q ,X 1 ly, .f ,sg J.-,K .3 5, li -av .se- 132 .,,,,- 'xl SPM if , .- Quincy! CAPTAIN L. H. CHAPPELL USN 31 Ian. 1952 - 6 Dec. 1952 Captaln Lucius Henry CHAPPELL USIN the first Skipper upon recommxsstoning was born on February 20 190s lil Corumbus Georgia I-Ie was commlssloned Fnslgu upon graduatx n f m the US Natal A 'xdemy on June 2 1927 and progressively advanced to the rarlt of Captam to da e fem Maxcu 20 1945 Follcvm g aduatrcn tn 1924 he was assigned to the US S IDATIO From June 1929 he had con ecutuc duty 111 the de trowers MELVIN FARLNHOLT HONEY TAYLOR and IB the destroyer tenuer WHITNE1 ln January 1933 he reported to t'1e Submarine School New London Connecticut and sri lIt'Dl.l1S later was assigned to the US S S 28 After a tour ashore he placed the U SS SNAPI ER m eornmxssxcn as Exeeutne Officer and Navlgator of that submarine thence as DIVI lou Engineer on the Stall' of Commander Snhmarme DlW1Sl0l'l 15 He as umed command of the USS SCULP'1N on lhay 6 1941 m which he completed eight war patrols seven of which we e designated successful during the first two years of World War II Other duty stations of Captain CHAPPELL mcluded Marme Engineering PostG aduate S I-ool Operational ammg Officer Staff Commander Submarme Force Pacific Fleet Comm nd of Submarine Division 281 Wax Plans Board Suomarme Force Pacific Fleet Command of Submarine Squadron 7 Naval Aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and command of the U SS MT NICKINLEH QACC 71 L :tam CHAPPELL wears the following ribbons for campaigns and citations lNavy Cross with Gold Star ln lieu of a second 1Navy Cross Legion of Me rt Commendation Ribbon with Bronze Star Purple Heart Medal Army Umt Commendation Ribbon American Defense Medal As1atxePacxfic Campaign Medal Pluhppme Defense Ribbon World War II Victory Medal and Submarine Combat Insxgma Captain CHAPPELL and his wife the former M1 s Phyllis Constance White of Vancouver, B C have two children, Constance Kent and Randolph Colher Chappell Naples Utalyj 6 Dec. 1952 hfemo to all Hands In taking over command of your fine .ship I want to express my appreciation to all of you who have labored mightily to bring the. Quincy to her present condition since leaving ttMoth Balls less than a year ago. I know that I can count on you to continue your splendid work with the same Quincy SPIRIT that you have developed under Captain Chappell. Let us make our goal L' None finer than the A. H. Taylor CAPTAIN A. H. TAYLOR USN 6 Dec. 1952 The second and present Commanding Officer Captain Arthur Howard TAYLOR USN born March 18 1905 m Phtladelphla Pennsylvania was also a memoer of the US Naval Academy Class of 1927 Upon graduatlon his first duty assignment was ln the USS WXOMIING fom which he moved to serve m the destrovers WILLIAMSON and DALLAS He entered the Submarine School New London Connecticut 'md was designated a submariner in June 1931 Hrs service m the submarme force included the S 35 S 34 S 32 and returned to command the S35 thence to command the S 24 and S 16 The early months of World War II found htm rn command of the USS HADDOCB nn which he made three war patrols lu Japanese waters From the HADDOCK he was ordered to staff duty Submarine Force Pacific Fleet He was promoted to Captatu March 20 1945 and his commands smce that tune consisted of Commander Submarlne Squadron 1 and the USS ROCKWALL APN 230 from which sessel he was ordered to command the L S S QUINCY Included with the above Captam TAYLORs other d.xty stattons were Staff Commander THIRD fleet Office of Deputy Chief of INaval Operations and th Bureau of Ordnance Hts decoration: a e the Navy Cross with Gold Star ID heu of a second award Srlier 'tar Legion of Vlerlt Commendation Ribbon Presidential Umt Citation Amerxcun Defen e American Theatre As1atlcPac1Iic Theatre World War II Victory Medal and Japanese Occupation Medal Captam TAHLOR and his wife the former Miss Marjorie Hames, of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, are the parents of two children, Patterson Corwin and Anthony Rogers Taylor OPERATIONS OFFICER GUNNERY OFFICER WCDR, F. L, DUBOIS, USN ENGINEERING OIWVICER LCDR. E. W. SCOTT, USN m:D1cAL OFFICER HEADS OE DEPARTMENTS EXECUTIVE OFFICER CDR. J.B. MORLAND, USN SUPPLY OFFICER DENTAL OFFICER LCDR RE HOLT USN LT F N ELLIS USN LCDR. R. L. RATH, USN NAWGATOR LCDR. J.J. HERON, USN CHAPLAIN LCDB H G K FAALAND USN LCDR L J F OUELIETTE USN -u ' n 7 ' I I 9 s 9 U 1 1 9 . 0 . I 1 JANUAR5 1952 RECOMMISSIONING Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur Fri. Sat. FEBRUARY 1952 17 24- 18 25 OUT OF MOTHB LL BREMERTON Sun. 3 Mon. 4 Tue. 5 Weil. 6 Thur. 7 Fri. 1 8 Sat. 2 9 19 26 20 27 21 22 29 23 28 Ng - s lx .- , .Y-. --L' . -QL-QA. - ,.. 5 ,XT U. ., 5 , 9 , 4 X ii intl' ., g , 1 'X - 'G' .sv .1 The Second Saga of the Quinny begins on 31 January, 1952. On that day Rear Admiral Thomas R. Cooley, Deputy Commander, Pacific Reserve Fleet, rose to address n solemn audience that huddled in the rain on the Quinn-y's fantail. An all-day drizzle had soaked the ship, but as he began to read the address by which ho would again place the Quincy in commission as Hn active ship of the line, the clouds suddenly parted and a glistening ray cf golden sunlight shone through to strike the rostrum on which he stood. 'We make no claims, but we nonetheless are pleased that Providence thus elected to show ns its special favor. Captain Lucius H. Chappell, U.S.N., took command. And, the ceremony over and the decks cleared, the work that had begun with the first decision to reactivate the ship was continued. Coats of preservative that had covered the ship since the war years were painstakingly removed. Records were reviewed. Machinery was glaeod back into operating condition. An administrative or- ganization was set up. Much of what had been its equipment was replaced with newer models, but for the most part it was the same ship that had valiantly bombarded Normandy and Japan, and had carried the Presidential party to the decisive Yalta conference. As work progressed, more men reported aboard. Old paint was removed, and new applied. lve learned the exhaustion of climbing city streets so steep that steps had to be built into the sidewalk. We marvelled at the towering majesty of Mount Ranicr, snow-covered in the distance. And as spring: came we felt the fecund power of the earth, as the whole Paciic North- west world exploded into bloom. Meanwhile the deafening thunder of pneumatic hammers lessened, as the ship was made finally ready for sea. Fittings were tested, and shipyard grime was scrubbed from the corners. Most of the crew were new to the Naryg and when, on 6 May 1952, we saw the dock that had been our back yard slip away from the side and disappear into the distance, we knew that a new chapter not only in the history of an already proud ship, but in our cwn lives as well, was beginning. Ahead lay the sea. Q41 1 K 1.3 - X W' ----M--hi-- Z AL -'-3.-:my 5 1 ', 1 XZ X mm E H 2 an - - A--M aig EN wwf : Ig - V , 15,9 sq, 5 U 'ii ,Q W, 2 ,,,.,, . , THE BILGES I E-4 'lln J 'I -v' '50 iifw' Y ,-2- ' 'P i PREPARING gg '1- it-ii 3....-- nts-L T0 ANSWER W X . 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I s., , ,,..ff. f ga., -r-3 '4'5?P3??'?WW'W' 1 X., :WT ix 15. , , , , ,V -:,:m:'..i,, v X 'I 3 . DIAY 1952 Sun. lHon. Tue YVed. Thur Fd. SaL 5. Inn -X' E. lil 6 - 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 11 18 25 12 19 26 13 20 27 14 21 28 15 22 29 16 23 30 17 24 31 FROM PUGET TO if X RE xiii 'N BREMERTONTNJSAN'DIEGO Our first stop was in Bangor, Washington, a small but heavily guarded landing on the edge of Puget Sound where, in the booming words of the Gun Boss, we would take the bullets aboardsli' If we had hoped for a town we were sadly disappointed, but if we had expected bullets we were not. Boxcar after boxcar, loaded with deadly missiles, was rolled onto the dock. Streams of men swarmed up both gangways, bowed under the shells they carried, Other hun- dreds carried the ammunition to its final storage spaces. The ship settled deeper and deeper into thc water, We loaded on through the afternoon. Night fell, and we rigged lights, Still the bullets came aboards. Sweat streamed from our faces. Our backs and our arms ached, and every step was more difficult than the last. But we stuck at it, and before collapsing into sleep we had gotten it loaded, Late reveille was held in the morning, but when we woke, we were ready to learn to be a fighting ship. We steamed South from Bangor, through the blue calm of the coastal Pacific, until the mighty Golden Gate Bridge loomed up through the haze and the mist, We passed be- nsath it into San Francisco Bay and tied up to the dock at Oakland Newspapers streamed banner headlines Historic Ship Quincy Greeted Here' We meie loadin boats and stores for the coming trip and had only a brief weehend among the cable cars and hills the waterfront Chinatown among all the rushin conglomerate contrasts of a growing world metropolis Then we rushed back to the ship and low sxdewise glances at the formidable face of Alcatraz We were on our way to San Diego TURN TO THE SEA CALM PACIFIC 5. l E V 3 L I r l 5 l 1 l P i i E l f E I D . . Q 9 ' . :ff '. ' . .,, 'I 9 g 1 . 9 5 . M- X . gv i . , Q . cast off, and on the way back out through the Bay we cast g , 1 . ' . . 7,7 , ' ' ' C ' r V . ENTERING THE GOLDEN GATE l SILVER STRAND K i JUNE 1952 THE Sun. Mon. Tue. Weil. Thur. Fri. Sat. 2 w 3 w M W M - new M-M 28- BUSY ' ' .. , - I ' -' ,T - 34- ' 5 ,n ' ' - C 5 -Q, ul - ', ' Ai 4 A ll ' D 1 T H M n , Q 8 Q Q v YV , :I A L. Q. 1 ' X ,.J . , '. k I Yi : I 'I X. V lv. f , --4, he .-, , V, . Y 1 f , Y L1 x ' dA ., , Rv xv NA X. l , , Q- L THE LA D OF THE O E EYED I DIAN 3? .. is FD I tp' ' iv' Guantanamo... a small bay near the southeast tip of Cuba. An American outpost community. A spot where the sun bums and hakes without mercy throughout the day, and then rises clear and hot again the following morning. Dry grass-covered hills. Water divided hy imaginary lines into numbered sectors. Military vehicles. Military zones. Drills. Exercises. Observers, che:-king and watching and correcting. We were there six weeks. Ours was shakedown training. A new crew had to be shaped and worked into a fighting unit. There our repair parties learned every tilting and corner of the ship. They discovered that damage can be fought and a wounded ship returned to battle. It was a period of experiment. 'We set and reset every material condition. We simulated ruptnres in the steel skin of the ship, we feigned flooding and tires, while designated groups worked with growing skill and increasing speed to repair the pretended damage. We went through the frantic motions of main V: F'1if,r14,'F Ulf engine failure, of steam smothering and power loss and boiler casualty, and of all the dozens of less dramatic but equally hazardous catastrophes that are a constant threat to a complex, 120,000-horse- power engineering installation. We were introduced to the rudiments of atomic warfare. We heard of Geiger counters and film badges, and learned the human danger of such laboratory abstractions as radiation . There, too, the last traces of shipyard dust were blasted We fired at towed targets. We shot up the targets they had shot them up too. The roar of big guns ceased to be a novelty. and fire controlmen more accurate. The ship began to work the repetitive grind of rigorous routine, we came to do our jobs Recreation fell somewhat short of the sailor's ideal. But a blistering Cuban sung with horses, golf, G.I. bars, swimming from our guns. Yve fired at drones. and they brought out more, and we Loading teams grew more proficient. together as a cooperate unit. Under naturally, and with a new confidence. we managed, with hall games under pools, ship's outingsg and, inevitably, with Guantanamo City. A dry, sun-baked community where dogs wander dirt-covered streets, where guides badger unmercifully, and where chattering natives beckon the Americanos frantically into their uuwashed establishments -- but nonetheless a City, a dream of purest heaven in contrast to the too-familiar Bay. We went in eager droves. But, after all, we were not there for pleasure. And Guantanamo was not only work, and training. It was also a revelation. It showed us beyond all doubt that our ship could fight if necessity arose, and that we could fight with her. That was why we had gone. ' bi.- .T ' , I . ,'....' .-.cl --,.' '2a',,f'1' LEARNING THE HARD WAY! I we WHERE ARE THE OBSERVERS? L 1 Q--5 . I 9, K b L . 45' a. .- . K' .. '. 1 .1 ,U ei 1 'ff r' rfjfw. S gl K J wif rw ,Af I 91' I 1 I' I f' , J . na' V, 271' - u ff ,xg . so li 1 ,g. 1 N a 'L E x 1 -4 . 'f .nk 0.4 4' LOOK OUT FOR THE ROENTGENS! .af f 311 mf' 1' Tw.. '4i?w gzfu Q O II H CULEBRA NEXT! PRIME FOR BATTLE PROBLEM .4 . 4 -. x , an ' . x ' -4 I . .O A O H .. .. .. JULY 1952 Su n. .- 6 13 20 27 Mon. -- 7 14 21 28 Tue. 1 8 15 22 29 Wed Thur 3 0 rl 1 - at 5 2 - WEEKEND IN FIREL SS . 1 1 AV , 1 . IO -4 I ,n,a--f 7 4 1 . S T Z 7 --' k .Pun-.'. A I ' ' '2.,ifqcf.3i1'x . 5 W , gfh . ,JC Sm LOAD AND LAY HOME POR HOKE -52.2 A-339' -mmf. L, S ,1 R -4.,,,.f W .,.. ', f ' . ffv'+ jf.vr.-fy' r. 2. ,fi . . r . r . , ., V1 .f ' , . nfl? 1- lr,--t.aT'1 'A - gyfiptt- 'Q Q - . Q. ...J-1.,:z 4. L, 1 ' , , . L , . 1 p ' R . - A Q. L l 1 ai' Q 1 'f ' 1 1 sv t . 5 ' . J we 1 10. s af -f, fi A , I , 4 f . M . H U16 M 4 X s. mi, 4 'JG ' r T . x aff, f ' 1 -r' K . l ta V' li K si- -' .- . 1 ,wr ,,, 1 A . 4 - 1-4 ll '. - 7 1 . lo 3 . X N - - ' ' 9 . ' , , L , 1 ' - ' 3 ' ' ' 'f 1 .Q ,, - ' 1 . -r' P fm .1 K- , : ' t DU I :f 5' C . t rm , ' 4:2 7 G -- 5 , '- n 0 'K' U Q li . O A 4 7- 1 , D J If 2 . X iff ff Tl ft we mi' NORFOLK is many things to many people. To some few Yirginians it is home. An occasional one can oven be found who cherishes its hidden antiquities and who reveres it as a shrire of American independence. ?i i But by and large, the havy does not feel that way. 'L XVe arrived early on the mo.ning of 16 July. Guantanamo was past and Culehra. We had rested from the exhaustion of our tropic lahors. Now we had only to unload ammunition and shift berths to the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Already in our minds we were settling into Stateside life. Already we were buildin bright mental picture' cf the leave that would soon come. And already we were picturing Norfolk liberty. Ye tifd up :int to a docl-: wl.e.e the vast complex of shipyard activities le an. Again pncumatio hammers pounded and th. d rf vas itt.rcd w ith lines and hosesg we choked dust with every breath. But soon we shifted to one of the huge concrete drydoclrs that gut the river front. Tugs guided the ship between the open caisson' and from there mecharical donkeys hauled it into position. The massive steel doors swung .'1ut. Pumps started and slowly. foot by foot, the water was forced back into the river. The uin ys great steel hull stood naked and dripping, resting its weight on wooden keelblocks. At last our damaged propeller could be repaired. The bottom could be repainted. But also, there would be no cooling watcr to absorl the rays of a relentlessly burning sun during what even loyal Norfolk newspapers claimed was the worst heat wave they had suffered in seventy years. The unprotected steel hull picked up heat like an oil drum in a desert. We gasped for breath. At night we crowded topside to sleep. But there was no relief, until at last we were afloat again. We left the drydock and stayed tied up in the yard until 26 August. We took leave, and wedding registers nlled their pagesg we fought for apartmentsg we wandered through the uniformed streets of No:-fslkg we made our preparations and said our goodbye, until at last all the waiting and the planning and the work were over. On 20 August, in a brief ceremony on the querterdeck, we became a flagship. The Quincy tied up alongside the Macon. Records and equipment were transferred and installed. When all was ready, the Captain and all the principal officers of the Quincy assembled on the quarterdeck. A marine honor guard was paraded. Fear Admiral James H. Thach, Jr., Commander Cruiser Division Six, stepped from the Macon to the Quincy. and his flag was officially shifted. Then, ou 26 August, proudly displaying our two white stars, in a mighty column of warships, we sailed up the Elizabeth River and out through Norfolk Harbor. The yard and the States were behind, and we and the Second Fleet were on our way to Europe. If 5. A T 1,4 gf' - , J- if in in if , 5 'TN : fmfs , -'-' EAT TOIL AND TEA AND NO LIBERTY N T' . X - .4 ' Y , .1 E, , , x - A - . I V , 4 . c r- ' AUGUST 1952 BULLETS Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 2 M -f ,, AND BEA N l., 1 1 ir- V'- ff fx 2-f h . 1' in H. HAND BROKE HIS FLA? COMCRUDIV I CHIEF OF STAFF fa gn X 'X X X H S FAX RADM. Jn THACII JR. USN COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION SIX Rear Admiral James Harmon Thach, Jr., USN, was born Decem- ber 13, 1900, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He graduated from the U, S. Navai Academy on .Iune 8, 1923. From 1924 to 1933, he served in the U.S.S, TEXAS, and in the U.S.S. CONCORD, In 194-I he was ordered to command U.S.S. MONTOUR. In addition, he served as an instructor at the U. S. Naval Academy, in 1946 Navy Secretary, Research and Development Board, Ofiice of Secretary of Defense and Commanding Officer, U.S.S. MISSOURI. W 9 Iii, I W .P ' ' ' 1 L' . JI x CAPTAIN M.W. FIRTH. USN P I-Ie was promoted to Rear Admiral on ,IHIIUHYY 1, 1951. In Hearth of 1952 he was ordered to duty as Commander Cruiser Divisien SIX. Among the ribbons and izledais awarded .kdnzirsl Tkach are: Yangtze Service, China Service, American Defense with AH, Amf' rican Area Campaign, European African Campaign. Asiatic-Paxcitic Campaign, Wforld W'ar II Medal, Navy Oscupation Service Medal. Special Great Order of Pao Ting, by the President of China. Grand Gflicer of Grand Cross of Avis, by the President of Pzrrtugal. and 0 colnrnendution with ribbon for devehpnzetit and IIlI1'QtI!Ti'Iii71l of rnfkvi weapons into service during the war, He is married to the former Miss Caroline ire irxseit of 11r'i1'0ii- Michigan. They have u son, James Harmon III, born Dere:n11c'r 11. 1936. JOI NG THE PLE M 4-warg ...rs ' ,s.unllU5 '- :kdm TAKING STATION CAPTAIN AT THE CONN UNDERWAY FROM U.S No two men were burdened with the same thoughts, as they heard that one long blast of the bugle by which we knew the last line was cast off and we at last were under way for Europe. Each of us would leave a different life behind for the next six months, and each would return changed in his own particular way. But we did know that our training and yard overhaul would now be put to use. For we were on our Hrsi mission -- we as a ship would now, after seven months, be producing as well as consuming, Fourteen days were allotted to crossing the Atlantic, and our time was occupied with an intensive schedule ei drills and exer- cises and fleet maneuvers. For the Hrst time in her new life the Quincy was operating extensively with other ships, Huge carriers and scurrying destroyers ploughcd the sea alongside. We learned to coordinate our movements with theirs. At night we darkened ship, and wathched tensely on the bridge and in C.I.C. lest out of the enveloping black 30,000 unseen tons of steel should come hurtling suddenly at us. We turned, we formed and reformed, and seemed almost to spiral across the Atlantic, But, by the time our searching eyes made out the first welcome landfall, we had grown accustomed to the company of other ships and confident in our maneuvers. We felt ready for whatever Maiubruce might bring. 'af Q' P1 H-, C315 Ib I ,..4v Q .p-., . 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Af 1' - ,::,-.,.'3- As-..,x iY:' 1-- TL.: A r Q. ' . L 11' - ' .. 4- . , , , .q .,-1594-I www y-.- -V fern s- 'DlNW'i9'H..-.., 11- A '.s....,.Q1ra- ff? FIRTH OF CLYDE Land! After two weeks at sea, we again found ourselves sailing with shorelines to port and starboard... we had arrived at the Firth of Clyde. Our first sight of Europe lay before us. It was of a Scottish town that nestled by the water's edge, with green hills, studded with little stone houses, rising gracefully behind, We passed the British battleship Vanguard, soon to join us on Mainbrace. But we saw Greenock not as a shipbuilding center or as one of the home ports of the Royal Navy, but as a town that offered liberty and as our own gateway to Europe. Excitement ran high. Liberty began each day at 13155 and when the call sounded, we filled the boats to capacity. Greenock had thrown open its doors to usg in Glasgow and Edinburgh too we were met with a heart-warming welcome. Scotland - bonnie land of lochs and castles and warm brown ale, and of woolens to keep out winds that whistle through the cobbled streets -- Scotland said Hell0! and we answered in kind. GLA SGOW OPERATIO NA BR CE T COURSE TO POINT ABLE But any paradise in ephemeral. Greenock could not last. On 13 September we left the Firth of Clyde to join ships gathering from all oxer Europe. A great experiment wus on. For years military men had debated whether amphibious operations could successfully be conducted in the cold, unpredictable waters of Northam Europeg and the advent of NATO raised the further question of how the ships of so many disparate navies could operate as a single coordinated group. The Quincy's Grsl task in Europe would be to put both questions to the test. Mninbrace was to be the greatest peacetime naval maneuver yet attempted. lt would involve ships of eight different fleets in air, surface, underwater, and amphibious operations. The military world would watch its outcome. WY: steamed north, intent on our mission. Other ships arrived. Condition watches were set. For twelve days we played at the grim game of var. They were twelve days of grueling watches and close maneuvers, when the harsh cry of General Quarters! or Set condition One Able Able... all hands man your air defense stations! might crash through the ship at any hour of the day or night. Men huddled shivering in open 40-mm mounts through long cold hours. C.l.C. swarmed with constant activity, as radar sets were searched for tiny dots that might mark and approaching cnc-my . Messages flew to and from the communication center. We steamed north of the Arctic Circle into the teeth of a raging Atlantic storm. The lT.000-ton ship was tossed as if it had been an empty bottle, heeling up to thirty degrees on a side, while bitter winds whipped salt spray like bullets across the deck. We stood hy for two days off the Lofoten Islands with the gale churning slate-gray seas into foam and the ship heaving at its awesome hestg once the sun came out, and the sheer plunging cliffs of the snow-covered islands giimmered stark and white against the gray of the sl-cy. They were the only land wc saw on Mainlzrace. Vfe had hardened ourselves for war and learned the integration of sblps into forces. But when Main- brace was oxer, and the analysts were carefully weighing the results, the one thing we craved was sleep. f. fl' 'X N i o ' i,,,? .., ,NA . .QTY 1 ' 1 ff? v .15 his N .lb . f' J .4'- ,fi ,-fi-Q - . A -. . . ir I- ,. -4 . E.Y Y Ky ..- fil- I v M-.vu TP 2 AQ.. Jr 1 1 -rx., -,iw 'E .,Y' 5- 4 rf iz . x i,1f5 I i xy., . iz X L-5 uk K ,,...2X -1 l x , V4 'JN X' ., 'Q A D M' If 4 H 'JI -. . v 1 -32 '. S . ,I 3 -V -5 I by , f fl, Q' - Q . Q My A 'L' 1 I ' 0 .- fy ' f ' 1 ' ' '- ' K . I ,4 p A A , a JS :X 01, 4 T . . i . . 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Water, caught by the bows, rushed cascading between the two ships. It formed into waves that collided, that gushed, that ricocheted, and broke into foaming salt spray against the sides. Messengers, carefully faked down on the Quincy's deck, were passed quickly across, A fueling hose was already rigged, securely lashed to a sturdy wire that would support its weight. Its serpentine black coils inched their way across to the receiving ship. We waited while it was connected. Lay back on it! i' The signal has been received, and from the depths of the firerooms our transfer pumps send heavy black oil streaming into the destroyer's tanks. The normally smooth deck bristles with padeyes and blocks. Lines run everywhere. Any step may be into a bight. We remember, It is more blessed to give than to receive . But the delivering ship still tends the lines. We shift our foothold and rub the burning palms of our hands, and... Lay back on nw' 1, Q-, - ff. V VA- 4 MANNED AND READY V ffl! 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DRAKE' S STATUE On 26 September, with five other ships in company, we steamed through the quiet harbor of Plymouth, England, to Her Majesty's Royal Dockyard. There we had three days to rest, to soak in the color and taste the joys of the Emerald Isle. Whole blocks of new construction and other blocks of unrestored ruins stood as mute but humbling testimony to the damage Plymouth suffered during the war, when practically the entire city was razed by enemy bombs. But again people tumed out to welcome the arriving fleet with spontaneous gestures of British hospitality. Those of us who could went on to London, there to discover the timeless majesty of a capital that has lived and grown for centuries by the indomitable will of its people. We left England reluctantly, and with the lirm assurance that the union of our two peoples has a base far stronger then either pact or treaty. in Al J-'fa' PLYMOUTH SOUND Ei u ff , i '74 .1-'iv . 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THERE S THE PRUDENTIAL SIGN! GIBRALTAR On 3 October we arrived at the British Crown Colony of Gibraltar, towering like the Pillars of Hercules over the entrance to the Mediterranean. As we passed through the Straits on our approach, Europe to the North and Africa to the South seemed barely more than an arm's reach apart. There was no trace of the vast difference in habit and tradition, and in the whole structure of civilization, that that narrow bit of water represented. We spent seven days on the Rock, sampling its curious mixture of Spanish and English life. A winding road led to the top, and we could climb to where Spain, Africa, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean all stretched before us to the ends of the visible earth, with the water so clear that boats trailed their shadows on the sandy bottom. We crossed over into Spain. Matadors cried Toro! and we Yeued Ole! But we found that even our eventual mastery of British pounds and shillings were of little help with the Spanish peseta. Soon our neighbor, the Worcester, headed Westg we had relieved her. On 10 October, we headed East. FIRST GLI PSE ff -' . Zia 'K ,I ,F 1 ff ' ,i 4 3 5.5. ?y iJ W Tx If 1-li A Xxx, L s X S Q' i J Qi N X Q- f , K Ks? ' L u :rl ' x X Y 7' X X J x PW' 'W M! uf f GIBRALT ,D nip-.P-f Ji ws' 3' 1 'Il t. .LW 'iii uf I 'Qg?f2'i?-3-?wf ' 'Z ,L 'ttf 'lv' hafa I: LQ AJ an p 1' '. - 4 A s A ' Q A mr., -14 Uffhhph -f' Ww- FV Y D I Q sf ,Qt W4 2' f' gf-,f,W'2 ' ,'q? 0 A it Tm ,ALM v. NN - - P ' 'ag if x 'QI WEE y , , V -vw ' fr P , 'K ?'..L,f X e 44,35 '- ' ,L I Q M, rf -1 rw, Tr 4 N 25' ' . f-N ,m 5' K 1 1 1 S mf 1: -v-6--er' ff- 5,4-xv 5-28 '- Y -ge Q I I ' fv' 'L ,,.,., 4, -'Q -N AE, 1 z Q wgveoys S-4' - '9',k5QfE'g.uq.,,4'i jk Q'-1 -sv xi fgfg-vw: H41 K A 4- wv- : ' '74 fc! ' 1,7 fa ,ga -531 t P' ap- :I. X N-'-1 4' ,. z 5' .4-s-a-fer' 9:51 Aufqaaiwp- a '13- -3 'Eiga 1 L ' ,- '-R, L.. ROPEY ABN SUNDAY TO EACH HIS OWN 'Puff' iw' ! 6 r 2 J V, .f V? 5. lx 1 A PERSONNEL DAMAGE CONTROL Nxf 5- SCALPEL-FORCEPTS! :N-1-'- - ' ' , fl I ' A .L ,Q A TOOTHIE! iv ,gf A-fl 5 xmigi 5 SHIPS SERVICE FROM SWEETS T0 SWEATERS ,ff We stopped twice in Sicily, at Augusta Bay and Palermo. Our four days in Augusta were devoted to replenishing. Sltores were hoisted aboard and, sweating, we struck them below. Twenty-seven ships had descen- ded with us on a small Italian town, and our lib- erty quotas had to suffer correspondinglyg but the little that was missed by those staying aboard could, by common agreement, be readily made up at another port. ln Palermo we fared somewhat better. We tied to a dock, and the last line was hardly over before a swarm of vendors had their portable shops set up alongside. Clearly we were sought-after customers. W'e already were growing hardened to the familiar cry of: Hey Joe! Cigarettes? which was well, for it was early and often repeated. We toured the city, which dates back to pre-Roman times. We ate spa- ghetti. Wie shopped and caroused, and marvelled at the city's contrast with Augustag but principally we simply let loose the natural exuberance of spirits that had been cramped for eleven days. Eleven days! sf. , P , ICS H- . 7-ff? . ,H gl. -..-,3 iii' OFF CAI 7' ,-Q S... -.f . . , ' ,Mt M,-.M 4' 'ff ' V 's , .,,, s J 5 - df J- ' E 3 5 1 4 , P , f 1.-1 ztirhivx I . ,,,.,. v.v:,,:,?,j:,,.r HY ,, ,A J. fy., A V j.,5'vg,.f,j H, .9 f ' ' I-' ' 'J r ' . x I f J S - 0 , ....- HQ l. 12,55 ' , lx.. , . , - 'nf-'if 1 . vw-535. --fi in Fi- H ,- If jill' E, ,1 A' ' - -I - ' 'WHL-1'1 ' ,ul 'V' UH 4' - pf -A I 2 V1 lr wig 'fill-.u 'Q-vnu -W 71 Y' V ' -' ' I fafluu I 'L' ' wr 1-1: .-till' ', in ' Q, 'I ,Arla ,yt V n - 2x'ZCVv,, I-Il ,g, jA Q3 .VV VT ,L V fir lV'.':. 3 ., nj, ' iff, al F I if ' -14-f f. . '.- I - . 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L , :wx I Q 1'fl.l ff 'f 'C-llxl, 1 l 'Av xv- I' , I cE'un:Qg,ANi ,Jim , sig, s ,xlf Q JI rl. , 9- -- fm -I I fcflilq I 3 ni - .V Thi, i I 1 if it ll il 1,4 ., K , - i I I I ,.., F ..-h- ' sg A .1 , if-:ll lg a .2 -1. gi . 121 I . 11:1 3' X f V w1gklifV,f',ge YQ .I vi' , .- 1,1 V 3, ,Qfvvr-1, A K M fra 5, ' h 1--ui? LJ ' , AJ' . 3, ,x.,' 1 'IT QA :T 3 841.3 - :,' h3'i1gg! -' Q' W - I ff 4 j'f , A v . '51 'E EE ' 1' f .fa -af IQ , E' .. A , C- A wwu ' ..-' -7- ' ' -' QA , r, f'fJS4I' , . 7'Y,lA'4f ' , . I . f. fum: ju.. ix f-11 -1 ' '-I ' L. , :fail L1l:,,gi. 43?-1.-Wye? I - ' 1-K ' ' ' '1' '.':'..:.Ti'Q44-4m?.g1W,L. ,grinn- ..u..:I4El4.g.,... , .T ' 3' QQ., ' k ' ' 'I ' I - if 7-9-Z fi'4'f?5VELQIIiQ.1.,,..aaQ THE DUCAL PALACE VENICE ' ,,. P l LODGE or THE SIGNORIA FLORENCE FLORE CE A D GE OA Genoais history is too long and complicated to describe here. As early as ships sailed in the Tyrrhenian Sea, that long Genoa has been a port, The discovery of a Greek ce- metery dating back to the Fourth Century B.C. proves that Hellas spread her civilising wings even here. Cities like Genoa are literally built on history. Wllen the Via Venti Settembrc was constructed 85 tombs were found under the site, They were full of Greek vases dating from 500 years before Christ. One of the tragedies of Genoa in the 15th Century was that she was unable to supply Columbus with the ships he demanded, Thus the riches of the New World poured into Spain instead of Genoa. Another great Genoese citizen, Mazzini, completed the modern history of Genoa by kindling the republican flame which assured the Ligurian Republic's final independence from France and Sardinia. FLORENCE, the capital of Tuscany, is another of Italy's cities whose history de- fies description in a short space. One might say that modern politics were born in Florence, first of the Guelfs and Ghi- JG bellines and then of Machiavelli. If Athens A . is the scat of man's ancient civilisation A K, 1 'i then Florence represents the world's mo- , s I dern civilisation. The world's poetry was :M 1 JE re-born in Florence when Dante wrote his A I I ' 15,32-. 'fl lx I iii Divine Comedy' there at the beginning f- X' ' ,i A7A H2 N ui 1-'w -.:.: of the 14th Century. The Uflizi and Pitti - Iles? ' g I 'fl I W O art galleries contain the greatest collection Wi U , I f.,-.35 .E Q i F I S of paintings in the world, while its libra- I f lg r Q ull ll lTi mmV-Y! , 1. 5' 4-as if gi' ries contain the most complete manuscript- M In S -'ft l K 1 IQ . 1 H2 : ed records of mediaeval life. .K -ii. '--' Q- 4.I fy? But even lf none of that interests a 1 ' -'LA ifgffgim ,l. . 5 person he cannot but gaze in awe when -,'7 he first sees the natural beauty of Flo. 275135 nlg f giti in .Q rence, with the broad Arno curling be- at ' I, neath the Ponte Vecchio, and the green .f ,.,,,, s , y -- In Q- I' vine-terraced hills of Fiesole providing a f :Ef f '3'i'f 'i-- 3 dream-like background to the great round CHURCH OF SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE cupola of the cathedral, li I,-r '-- E, -- frees . , 3 ' 1-:Lilly-AV ' ,Q , , , ,-- V , X 'L-ti -fes C C J... .A - . 1 .-1 Y s,,f,N I I 1 1 ' ' i 'VII I 1, 4 r-r.l A-All' ' U I I- -un I - I ' il 'J Q ...--........ . l .. it l ,I .5,iWEf,, if ff -J' is 1 u - - .1 'v 1. -. -' l . -L,--.Ang PJ s , - -gr-- ' ' i ' 4 :Y on 5' '-1 ' 'Ju ,:.463' - - N' 3' t 'S' .ac 1 'i v 'K 4 I I- J 11 'lt J ' fm s. ,5 ...bfi eff Q T ,, '-E , -. wax ' V 'f F .J 'iw ' G' A'-H 1 1 '- MONUMENT OF COLUMBUS Ffa' tb PORT AT GENOA '.:f Q ' , - fi ' '1 ., - X W, 1' be f 5:7452-.',,gx- 1135.5 Q' - ,.-gf: ' f-In-T41 T - as I 'iii X -,--A f' ' 'FT 1.+Q'J'gfi+1t1i f' cf , S' 'J' at .E - il i I -'W F I I -3.,E':f.i4,f5l? ' V 9!'3n't,z.- Q '... '..E lf C ' T '.. a ff l.:'f:QA, .T --Jilin ' D -Ii' t ' ,Q . - ry -,-, Us - ' . L. .. ' .. ' ' ' . - ,JI Ursula ' . - mu-L .ii il 'wart 4 fee , , ' f ' f ir f -or-' ' 'lklla 'ff . f BRIGNOLE STATION AND ARCH OF VICTORY Ili A .Q V 4, . , lg V M r i t Y -14.4 1, K- . , x h A I' fsii 3 5- taser f 'S - - TEA: 'H- , .4- , , - F, 11 A-, . ,V ' Q ' 1 . 1'7 . 1: J:,' -f. , Q-'ff-'K'-1' M . 15.5 f' , A' fp '..,,.-,- Q .5 Q. li. ser .2-Zi, ?+f .-- af-f--+ -g , V f iff, '.- ml 5' f-., 'F ' 5 ' f 1-fits ' Fi3t54-s-.L - 73 on v.14:': QT-y.d aaityff. at . - , . - , , ' CORSO ITALIA , GENOA NOVEMBER 1952 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. THE RELATIVE MOVEMENT J LONGSTEP Again the NATO forces were to be put to a test... again a cryptic code name spelled out days of pretended war. Operation Longstep was ready to leave the confidential files and move onto the waters of the Mediterranean. When, on 3 November, ships of the combined NATO navies slipped out from their harbors to rendez-vous at designated spots, the Quincy' left la Spezia to join the Wisconsin, Roosevelt, Midway, Wasp, Des Jlloines, and Columbus, and a screening group of destroyers. We swung back into the routine of condition watchesg we held ourselves ready for aircraft launching speedsg we answered the ringing call of One Able Able and General Quarters . Again distraught communicators worked through sleepless nights. But this time we were well prepared. We had behind us the experience of Mainbrace, and no difficulty that could be offered was new or insurmountable. Carrier-based planes roared over our heads in swooping arcs. Day after night after day the exercise continued, until finally peace was declared. We had fired at a rocky Aegean island, while a few miles away marines stormed the Turkish coast. Vile had defended against enemy planes, and stood guard over our own striking carriers. The Quincy was then chosen for the post-Longstep conference. On Wednesday 12 November, with the simulated rubble cleared from our decks, we paraded a full honor guard. The ship was called to attention. A nineteen-gun salute was fired. The boatswain's pipe shrilled, and Admiral Robert B. Carney, Commander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe, and Ambassador Ylfilliam H. Draper, Jr. mounted the gangway at the head of a procession of some 27 officials of the NATO organization, including Vice Admiral Wright, CINCNELM, Lt-General Haynes, and the ambassadors of all eleven participating nations. Tfhey had lunch aboard as we sped at 30 knots to Izmir. The results of Mainlzrace had lang been inconclusively debated. but that afternoon the following message went out over our radio: Admiral Carney sends: My admiring and enthusiastic congratulations to all who planned and executed an extensive and complex operation which was a long step toward our twin goals of teamwork and security. The fact that you smoothly accomplished every assigned task in spite of weather and other obstacles bespeaks hard work, intelligent effort, friendly cooperation, and a high degree of uniform technical excellence. Nobody won the Longstep war but the danger is lessened by efforts such as yours. 'Well done' to all the land, sea, and air forces of l,cn1:stt-p . NVe were coming into our own as a fighting ship. FOR IATIO . . ,,. - ., xg,- . ml W , -:,?,f- Mix.. .,,x,1Af:-- -, .-. lg.. V ,., -A 'f -1 . -,Qi-Q, -,-,.g, B.,- ,,, p-..-1 ,M ...V ,f'frnf4'3 - - 'f-- '11--r1.1 L ' ,F ,,. V-J S X X -ix b , 441- 4' f FLIGHT OPS K 713.1 b l 2 if ,. -at .?Y.., 111,31 QQ, A ....,: SET CONDITION IAA REVEILLE STARBOARD I, QQPK Vg M? 0' N AIR ACTION gud I .RN IW, .4 f J? ,2S,,,v- , , -A.W--------- F4 ' t Es la'- ' 13' uv L39-ni 51 35231 Q L- 434. x XJ fr- 43,1 54' 54 nf' -mul' Yo ff? inns- lg' u If , 'i Ia I 1 .,1 ,,f1. 4.19:-.X - J' . V. , ., Ed. ' -15 .N, 2, A ,fv- 2 L+, ' V, Z.: A 1 , Aa '! n JS ,. 1 ,Y 71 Q . .NK 4' e J 'M - ii -, . X - . . A Q ,, ..f X ' 'has .f .-, ,Q .. Ei- X A Q ,.3f ga af ci gf .1 -1-x g ,, .,..- .73 . ,gl 1. .gain K tfiff' f 'fry gff'3z Q- if e . W , 5 ' M 5 25932 ' -2,1145 , 'E' -:ff 'W if F.-..-,f-.-? .g'f - if -.. , if ,W JL,- -sa' Izmir... what sort of city, we asked ourselves in desperation, could have such a name? Roll it gently over the tongue: it puckers the mouth like gooseberries. We first saw the mountainous Turkish coastline, and were caught unprepared for the majestic beauty of the crescent- shaped harbor. Then the city came into view - it once had huddled on a small plain at the water's edge, but as it grew had been forced to expand up the mountainside, Its rough cobbled streets wound in hairpin bends up impossible slopesg noisy vendors hawked their wares in the public market-placeg and, in the outskirts, men mounted on tired-looking donkeys led trains of camels, their backs loaded with bundles of faggots, along the dusty roadside.But with all these age-old ties to the East, Izmir's streets roared also with automobiles and trucks and jeeps, and the people's lively zest for life was matched only by their intense curiosity about all things Western. The American Colony Club had rigged out a canteen for the visiting Fleet to use, with music supplied by the Quincy's own band, where we were greeted by the wives and daughters of Americans living in Izmir. But COMCRUDIV SIX was SOPA, and the Quincy was caught in a whirl of ofiicial activities. A hundred children came aboard for a special party, with movies and cake and ice cream, and entertainment by the Quincy's own crewg and later we rigged the forecastle with its complete awning, we draped signal flags over the lifelines and set up lights and a bandstand and tables and chairs, and onto the transformed and barely recognizable Quincy streamed a hund- red and twenty-five people for an official reception. We danced under the guns of the forward turret, with the lights of Izmir twinkling across the water. We had come a long way since the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Izmir had indeed given our cruise an exotic flavor. iziviia, RKEY 1,,,,. , ,,,.,,,,,,,.,,,,,,L,3.:,. s ,mf-3ft ai?f:Kg135,, HJ a-.- I, .,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,,e,,1,,,.,,,-,-, V. 'Vim WHERE' S THE BEER ? Q I: fifidilifliif ,v 'F 5'i fi?.v' A I ,K ' ,9f,4'L'Qfmf ,, , :ki-jul 9 f 715,-.W W . ff-2 i 'T ,!2xvfp,Jif+E'.-' fi , i I b y X SALO IC , GREECE We arrived in Salonika, Greece, on 20 November. Again a canteen had been set up, sponsored by local Americans, and much of our time was spent within its hospitable walls. And in Salonika, too, we were met by a smothering but friendly curiosity: wherever an American sailor stopped, he might expeet in a matter of moments to be surrounded by twenty local citizens, One, who spoke English, would pry with questions, and his answers would be relayed to the anxiously waiting group. Their complete lack of reserve was a phenomenon to which we were unaccustomed, but nothing could more speedily have promoted the international good will that was our announced purpose in coming. In was they who made the overtures, and we who responded. .H '3f++El-+ 4 ,x -PTS 2 BEEN: LEAVE RATIONS BY THE NUMBERS OPERATION ff . . ,xy 's 1 .L 1 .. gltti ii: J SNOWSTORM 4 f .rife ' HOPE IT DIDN'T BREAK DECEMBER 1952 Sun. - 7 14 21 Mon. 1 8 15 22 Tue. 2 9 16 23 HNAPOLIM I Wed. 3 10 17 24 Thur. 4 11 18 25 Fri. 5 12 19 26 Sat. 6 13 20 27 .'-ru .. - .,,, -N ,ff Q, -,. 1-nf -v ,- .-,,.-Ufimg.-,sf,9 fa- 7-,M See Naples and die , There is nothing more to live for: Vesuvius towers in slumbering majesty over a sparkling harbor, balanced across the water by a .centuries-old fortress. Horse-drawn carraiges clatter along broad cobbled streets. Renaissance fountains decorate public squares. We came to Naples gladlyx, Until then we had been playing the road, but now we were at the heart of Europe. We had visited twice in Sicily, and had seen both the northern and southern halves ofthe Italian mainl- and. We had been more in Italy than in any other European country. And Naples - ah, bella Napoli! -- would leave us with a glowing picture of the nation. ,, . -. 1 iii aw . f - , ---1--215.1-. -4 ' 'A Vile'--'iff' +15 'fm --my K ,tgewvr -H' - 1' f ffJ.,iff31ff.i '- Tift? f,eff..:ff.-'1a WHAT A SMOKESTACK' CHANGE OF COMMA .1-J' -.Ll ,Mil C1 On a clear cold day in Naples -Saturday 6 December 1952-while the oflicers and crew all sat in silent audience on the fantail, Captain Arthur Howard Taylor, USN, formally relieved Captain Chappell of com- mand. In the time-honored tradition of the Navy, Captain Taylor read his orders to the Quincy, and Captain Chappell read the orders that would take him to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Both addressed the assemblage: Captain Chappell recalling the pleasure that had been his in returning the Quincy to active duty, and Captain Taylor congratulat- ing the crew on the loyalty and enthusiasm they had shown. The COMCRUDIVSIX band struck up Old Lang Sync. 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V- - 'V Q V if i Q THE BASILICA OF ST, PETER irq 'ml if U ' Sili 'A W el-rf'-ri ' ' ,I is ' V 1 VgI1,g' A VV V VV 2 -44? V1 f . -1 .Lf ' 'N' -W--f'r4 't -5 1-fs V V ff ': 'P V- V V T f -'qwfriu - Y- f . l V fist' .Sf V7 JV'!.-ff.-ff f IV ' Agaln a world capltal came wlthln our reach. Six separate groups went I V- K4 -1- .II' .MIIIIII-IIIII uw- far: 'V .I . II I MI ' ' II 4 . I.,I. I, . V. QI: I I :I - '- I v I Eiggfiw from Naples to spend three days in Rome. . . ' I 5,.,aVVVIVI-R5 251' vIEi5Igfa:Vg1-A ill? 'V ' 'S-if . mlff ,fb Rome unfolded itself as a cit of infinite contrasts, Ancient ruins rose . II f I -, -ig--I ---I .I ..I .' .I I I .FI 5 yILV I, I IRI -WLII V. .,V, , ,... .nasxypa-QKLI IIIIIIIIII II IIIIII-II .., I III.- IIIIIZIVJ. , Y 'i s V fins' V--- V:-V -1+ -m.V.t .V.. r,,. ...Wh among the bustle of a modern buslness section, standlng as a monument L' ' sr fw,.....w-,,...,.,,, V , A ' 'V XI Lfff ,five-'321212-rxfgf?-?fTfT:'f.'P'f7' h 1 . t . . ' 1 , aw. f 5 X IIII I bot to tie endurance of human c1v1l1zat1on and to the 1m ermanence of QV, .Q I ff' - 5 V N. :'Vf:fVg.-555-My-'Va-V-1-263Vwif-55-gig!-W- ',f,zv .'VV V-E1 . . . . . - il 'X IIIII f ,z f f- empire. Over the buried remains of the old Circus Maximus, where l X-MR:-s:w.IIIV - '. , I ' . ' land Vx U H l::: :Wv 'dV . Minn 0 Q Q . V I- I,I I .,f- Chrlstlan martyrs were slaughtered by the thousands, we fonud a carnival VV E .'.l.'HJ3Yif are 'zilif' V V sys'--f-M V-V' Vf - U'--IVV? . in progress, complete with merry-go-round and loop-the-loop. I III- iiilgx I His Holiness Pope Pius XII granted unscheduled audiences to acco- f?'F+?wfV1EVrV'1'V'lQf' '5 fQ-is ffiii-1fiififllYF?iii? 4f3f1Q!'fQ:l?-'-Hfidfifilfiiiiffli' Qfijig modate the floo dof tourists who had come marvelling at the wonders V V.Vi,,1-Y!-ef,-z 44 .M , V AI 2 V' - V I XI V' III ' ?fvIII,I: I ,III ,I II II II II II IVVIIIIIVIVII,I.II.I., II. 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' 1-aifff .ljJ':.:rJ, '.Ji:Q+vig,.1.,,:Q,f,,f'El,:-:a,, ' ns., . . c, f.fss,,-A as If . -t me Meal, 'fr a fmmitsa . ,tv WN , r as , i x wx J E 1 fly, V V , , J. l U 1 ' I R Q 4 1 . 1 I wx ' sl 4:4 A n Q 4 6 1 ,, - 3 '- W, - 1 x . f ' ' :JJQA 'isis 1 ' 1- , vw . 'ts- .- .,- ' Q A vu 1 un .. 1 0 -,g -F 5 . --f'-- -L r tb ' - .ai A ' - 4 A r-W ' ' - Q ff' 1 , 5.',aQA Vi V ,.....,, , - -2 , . rs . 1, ,1 - 437,-Q , Ex l 1 ,wa :AM 5 7,4-yr , , .. 5 g , -. wg., Q Q., . P1 f' X 'a -v ' 4- N4 ,,,. 4 4 -'H '. : s f M, i , ,, 1 f 1- . -2. ' 'Fa V ni-, s p -v . Q,-P ,.g'?Y -1 an ' fs KN N 1, y 'L dr., A., 1 :fp 'J 'v' 1 1 4 ' a ii' '5 Q' 't J A ' IIAPRI Brief tours were organized from Naples to Pompeii and Sorrento, and to the island of Capri. In Pompeii, the ruins of an ancient Roman city had been preserved through the centuries by the very force that had destroyed the town itself. Homes and shops and marketplaces stood as they had in the days when Caesar ruled. We could climb through and over the walls around which the drama of empire was played, and could almost hear the rush of high-wheeled chariots as centurions cast off the cares of war. Sorrento itself was anticlimactic after the ride that took us there, along the famed Amalfi Drive. This road, carved out of the hill- side, runs for miles in twisting curves along the edge of'the Mediterranean, high above the blue of the water. Vesuvius stood across the Bay and Naples lay quietly below, tiny in the sun-swept distance. Late autumn is an off season for Capri. The crowds of pleasure-seekers that visit its shores each year were largely gone. But the beautiful Blue Grotto, a cave in the hillside in which the water is mysteriously illumined from below, knows no season. For a day we too cast off our cares, and soaked in the pleasures of the Mediterranean, x ' 1 . .-X F 'rf M, f'x POMPEII 11 L l e J ,,+ -Q- .dul- ,, f, X fi! . gf. 'f -,,1..l-5 UQ. v,-.Av 4.1 ., MY-L if A .',. cc TO EEF, QI aux. i ft? I 'i-ft t QQ I 5 F il f- Li - rfb- osl, - P- -.qffvefz H' - ' ,,,J 'S - K: ' ' --, .,, F 'ist'-. - 1- zr-' '-f A 'g-- N in .i 'Qt' 'fx U' 2 4 QUI2 2' 1-:Tusk-an fl k? ' 57 19.11 :I ' A '1 gun-r Q, X.. SERVICES ON THE FANTAILf RELIGION Religion is the relation of the creature to his creator, of the subject to his sovereign, of man to his Cod. In that relationship man turns with outstretched arms, seeking to clasp the hand reached down from on high. He opens his lips to a listening ear. He pours out the love of his heart to a heart which reeiprocates with an overwhelming love. Those who train their ears lo catch the answering echoes from the mind and heart of Cod hear a message which carries courage and inspiration, and feel a love which fills them with a rapture which transcends all the pleasures of earth and sense. It is this union of the soul with God in perfect love which constitutes the end of all religious striving. A union which is approximated in this life by high moral perfection, and which is achieved in the next life by the soul which experiences a joy which no tongue can describe. Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things Cod hath prepared for them that love him. UGOD AND THE Q S r K MASS WITH CIIAPLAIN OUELETTE 1.4! 1..-i , . :Q xx .X TURN TO ..... Gul .5 2 5 lfi X COMMENCE FIELD DAY -fir lv Q X up 1 l ' 1 N , I , Xa 4 Y , J xw r 'y , . ' Xxxi X X ' I ,aI Y 2 A' S M I' I I f 31,1 11 I . 5 ?'m vi K T K P fs ,u 4 lx - .h 1 -LN , 'W 5 I T vm L- ' j -'IU fa.4..x - - 5.2 - --J U9 . ,-x- s..4, ,E UNDERWAY 4 f' ., I 'W , A .4 f5 v Wy. ' -1 .h. IN PORT ORAT SEA .... 1 .A I ' 3. y ' 5 ug X 11' .1 I ,A,, x L . O - .,t ' fx I wx vx Q , , U . . ,qv fa- THE ROUTINE GOES ON xi I-ni PObT.OP CARR K. xxxx K 1-lx. . . X x .iw x ARSEILLES ..... We began to feel almost at home in Italy, after having spent three and a half weeks in Italian ports. But the time came at last to work our way gradually westward. We cast off our Neapolitan moorings, and started on eight days of Fleet Exercises. But the exercises were interrupted, Dark clouds gathered. The air grew restive. Soon the Mediterranean, that for days had lain clear and blue and flat, was whipped into a violent fury. Winds whistled and roared through the superstructure, Waves crashed over the twisting, plunging bow, and their spray leaped forty feet in the air to be whipped back in watery bullets across the deck, Our visible world was upended, as the ship rolled 20, 30, 35 degrees on a side. Men hung on to their hunks, trying in vain tovsleep. Loose gear was lashed to whatever would not move. Hour after hour it continued, through the night, until finally with the coming of dawn the wind began to abate and the sea to calm. We groggily patched our digestive tracts together again, and continued with the Exercises. Marseilles would be our door to the Riviera, our gateway to France. We assembled on deck on the morning of 20 December to watch the Quincy sail into President Wilson Basin, Marseilles - 3' ' L ' 45... 1 ' Lu' ' V . - It ' - H' -T. -:ii ,,. v, h,,L,gg- ML, , 4-T N ' , f- A 4 : .. -M di . --, g- -111 t. l rv ' r . 5 S1 ': 'rl W ,'a :'-'M 'll I . Vg., I ,4 1 .nk 4. f I V Isl 31 ' ' 1 gi 1, , ,. - . Y . fp, ,Q .Y -L ' l+,g,g.:---1, f--'- I I ' Ni r Q-ian. I' W, i - s,,x U, iq :Yi I 1- st - +522 vw Fi' f -2:1 wi?- 'N '.Na M ae Wa ,g rae ' my P U 1. , nu Y ' 1: 1 - r ' V. lv, :li A- 'lmsnfltl' -u E'!ff'5f ' --. .' - ---W , , . - ,, ' 9 Fziiry f U 'Q-f 'Y' ' I V fs 'Z'-1' 'ffii -4- -sa. r l if .filffff , - -- , ,,'.....,,... 'V!I!!bf ' J. , . ' .'5W l:: T'f -' .5s,1' .. .Q iff? ff f fi .af - --- fs-,Q-r-. ee -ml I s - -is MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY fu, TT F , iff f, as - mg V L' - 3 Hx WU I c - -5 'W' 1 '. K' 4 . V .,.. Q -' is- .',. - :till ' ' ' ,file '-5 vs '- 'ffl' '-15 - 5 H' lvl 2 s N L ' - if-E4 NOTRE DAME DELLA GARDE SQUARE CANTINP' AND ST. VINCENT DE PAUL FOUNTAIN 8... ff ...HRIVIERA qoU, LA, LAg oU1, oU1.p ,,,.,-- rrfff ..--W PRINCES PALACE, MONACO that grew from its founding over 2,500 years ago into the largest city of southern France - lay stretched beyond. A holiday spirit filled the air: Christmas was a season in which the French could forget their present troubles to rejoice in the glories of centuries-old tradition. The Quincy too caught the Christmas spirit. A children's party was held aboard. Trees were rigged, and the ship itself gave way to celebrating the festive day. Special services were held. We gorged on food, we relaxed, and we played and caroled. Letters and packages from home were greedily opened, Cannes was next on our itinerary. Cannes - heartland of the Riviera, winter playground of Europe, the glittering gem of southern France -- it was here and in neighboring Nice that we rang in the new year. It was a time of gaiety, when the press of underway training could be largely forgotten. When we left Cannes we left France behind, but French phrases still stuck in our unconscious vocabulary, and the beat of French life had infected our blood, Even with Spain ahead. those of us who stood near the baud at morning quarters would have bits of La Marseillaisev ringing in their ears for weeks to come. JANUARY Sun. lHon. Tue. YVed. Thun Fri MONTE CARLO AND CASINO Sat. ,il AQQJQQQQQ n V V, Sb' 1liE5, V .- fs HS- --an . t 5' 82 F iQiJf9 fi EEi --19517, 'fr -ll' 65' t ilin'1hi A 'L is V infta-'ri igjgmz.. I-i 4 1 .,gg,,f. aww-wi'Wf'ri rmr5r4.f NICE, PROMENADE DES ANGLAIS ,L r jn5Qif1.ffm9 V ' 0. QQ .v,.4- I . 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D U K - 4 y nn Y: VALENCIA We arrived in Valencia with our first taste of Spain stilli fresh in our memory: while in Gibraltar we had ventured across the border into La Linea, there to savor Spanish wines and to encounter the flaming enthusiasm of the Spanish spirit. We were among the first American sailors to visit Spain since the doors had been opened by improving relations between our two countries, and even in Valencia we still found ourselves something of a novelty. But, unabashed, we explored the city. Although a quarter of a million people were crowded into its confines, they still left room for a Gothin cathedral to rise securely amid the tumbling, sprawling buildings of a more modern age, We found Spain had a flavor unlike that of any country We had visited: it was a nation of quick, hard poeple, who had suffered much and borne their surfering through centuries. It reflected the contrasts in its climates, and still bore signs of its imperial past. But our Wanderlust was ebbing, When we left Va- lencia, only four days separated us from the last port we would VISII Our minds were turning slowly away from the grape and the olive r F TJFXNF ORAN Oran was a surprise. When we had first heard we should visit the coast of Africa, we had conjured up elaborate mental images of scattered, swarthy Arabs plodding along dust-covered roads in desperate search of an oasisg we thought of camels and harems and scimitars, But when we did steam proudly into the bay of Oran, we found a modern, YVestern city, built by the French and populated principally by Europeans. Cars were parked where we had imagined ostriches. Oran was more to us than a Mediterranean portg more even than an exotic outpost of French civilization, and our only view of Africa. It was our relief station. ln Oran our four-month vigil with the Sixth Fleet was ended. Our relieving ship met us there We turned over our duties to the Roanoke lxalllelled our hearts, and were hee to head for home Q a Q a Q v ' i . ' . . . , . s ' 1 r. . . Q . , n I HO EWARD BOUN I Heading homeward, our minds are all on that moment when the hills of Virginia will first rise before us. lt will be a glorious morning that finds us again passing Old Point Comfort Light, and nudging our way up the familiar channel of Norfolk harbor -- but this book is a chronicle of the past, not of the future. This book has been the story of a year, in the life of a single ship. It has not traced the momentous turns we have watched in the course of world history, nor has it explored the thousand different lives of its individual men, It has sought to catch for the future one bit of current drama. For the Quincy the past twelve months were a year of rebirth. of restoration and renewal. A tired, gray-shrouded hull in the Bremerton naval shipyard became one of the showpieces of the United States Sixth Fleet, Men whose feet had never left the dust of W'yoming: were turned into a fighting crew. We steamed 40,000 miles. We drilled and exercised incessantly. We visited twenty-one different ports in eleven nations, on four continents, We sailed the waters of the Pacific, the Arctic, WE STAND RELIEVEDU and the Atlantic Oceans, and of the Caribbean and Mediter- ranean Seasg we passed through the Panama Canal and the Straits of Gibraltar and the Irish Sea. lVe weathered freezing arctic gales and baked in the sultry heat of Cuba. And through it all, we were learning the art of war. Navy training is steeped in tradition, and often inscrutahle in its method, But how often, after perhaps months of exas- peration and skeptical disbelief, have we suddenly discovered that it has worked! - that. through some subtle chemistry of the spirit, hftei-n hundred diverse men have been molded and worked into a living, functioning body, with a dynamic will of its osm? That the complex problems of mechanized naval war have become a part of our daily lives, and what once was darkly hidden in mystery comes now with the easy competence of habit? These changes have been wrought, almost without our conscious notice. They began when the first nucleus crew were assembled. They gathered momentum as the ship was painstakingly readied for sea, and continued through the hammering pressure of Guantanamo and the overhaul period in Norfolk. They were renewed with the Atlantic crossing, with Mainbrace and Longstep, and with the Fleet Exercises that have bulked so large in our Mediterranean lives, they are going on even now. And they will continue. No military force can afford to remain static, We have come far and done much, but in the constant flow of human history there is no refuge in present satisfaction. Personnel shift, and technology advances., the history of a ship becomes a story of its changing character. 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